How often do you ask others what they think?
The four most important words in the English language are, 'What do you think?’
top of page
The 2020 Navigate the Chaos calendar and book edition of the blog are both available here.
Michael Edmondson
Nov 12, 2019
How often can you ignore the naysayers?
The biggest management failures in both business and government are not missed targets but missed opportunities.
Michael Edmondson
Oct 12, 2019
Can you move forward without a plan?
‘As you start to walk on the way, the way appears.’
Michael Edmondson
Oct 9, 2019
Can you remain positive amidst hopelessness?
"the test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the abil
Michael Edmondson
Oct 6, 2019
How often do you think differently?
"Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is the probable reason why so few engage in it.”
Michael Edmondson
Oct 3, 2019
Do you stand by your principles?
"I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true."
Michael Edmondson
Jul 27, 2019
Do you allow yourself to be a work in progress?
Andy Hargadon, head of the entrepreneurship center at the University of California-Davis, says that for many people "twenty years of ex
Michael Edmondson
Jul 12, 2019
Do you know you are 100% in charge of your life?
As entrepreneur and author Gary Vaynerchuk "You are 100 Fucking percent in charge of your life - stop fucking bitching." Wottle to
Michael Edmondson
Jun 7, 2019
Do you act or take notice?
Tippi Hedren took action, revolutionized an entire industry and in so doing empowered a group of Americans looking for a way to thrive in th
Michael Edmondson
May 11, 2019
Do you take responsibility to get back up?
As Amos noted “You may not be responsible for getting knocked down. But you’re certainly responsible for getting back up.” Amos was knocked
Michael Edmondson
Apr 28, 2019
Do you help people understand?
FedEx founder Fred Smith knows all too well the time he was misunderstood. While he was a student at Yale University, Smith wrote a paper on
Michael Edmondson
Apr 26, 2019
Can you make a crazy idea work?
In a 2006 TED talk Wales said that Wikipedia began with a very radical idea and that was for “all of us to imagine a world in which every si
Michael Edmondson
Feb 21, 2019
How often do you think for yourself?
Her independent way of thinking allowed her to revolutionize the fashion industry with her little black dress. She took a color once associa
Michael Edmondson
Jan 11, 2019
How many rejections could you tolerate?
After operating Starbucks for 15 years, the original owners sold the small coffee shop with just six stores to former manager Howard Schultz
Michael Edmondson
Jan 6, 2019
Is it possible to do the impossible?
Is it possible to conduct an orchestra without a baton? Yes, of course it is! Kurt Masur, the music director emeritus of the New York Philha
bottom of page